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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SHAR info needed ...
Message-ID: <2412@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 14 May 89 16:43:27 GMT
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In <1145@orbit.UUCP>, jkerr@pnet51.cts.com (Jason Kerr) writes:
>Basically, I need a
>description of the specs for SHAR, SH, and SED, so I can attempt to write
>my own version.  Lines like the following confuse me a little, so I need a
>bit of help :
>     sed 's/^X//' << \SHAR_EOF > virusx.zuu
>
>(I can puzzle out some of it, like 's/^X//' must mean substitute "^X" with
>"", but the redirection stuff I've not dealt with much.)

     sed 's/^X//' << \SHAR_EOF > virusx.zuu

Substitute (s), any 'X' at beginning of a line (^X) with nothing (//). Take
input from this file until you see a 'SHAR_EOF'. Output result to a file called
virusx.zuu

-larry












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